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Lawrence city commissioners accept KU’s application for tax breaks for Gateway District
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday took the first step toward considering tax breaks to help KU construct its planned Gateway District near the football stadium.
Lawrence city commissioners accept KU’s application for tax breaks for Gateway District
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday took the first step toward considering tax breaks to help KU construct its planned Gateway District near the football stadium.
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Kansas gerrymandering may eventually imperil Republican’s firm grip on 1st District
Wichita State University political science chairwoman Alexandra Middlewood suspects Kansas Republicans made a tactical error by gerrymandering left-leaning Lawrence into the conservative, rural 1st congressional district that extends to the Colorado border.
Lawrence’s Homeless Resource Center, Chuck Olcese selected for Peace and Justice Awards
A longtime leader who has worked to improve life for refugees in Lawrence and the director of a center that serves unhoused people are the 2024 recipients of the Tom and Anne More Peace and Justice Awards.
Carter Gaskins/Lawrence Times
Brothers, both KU students, debut fall fashion collection at Spencer Art Museum runway show
In a fashion show curated by a pair of brothers, both KU students, models sashayed down a runway Thursday while artwork adorned the walls around them.
KU professor to give tour of Beni Israel Cemetery in Eudora
A KU professor on Sunday will share his knowledge of the “founding, near abandonment, rededication and expansion” of the Beni Israel Cemetery in Eudora.
Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
KU students rally to ‘Save Our Centers’
KU students and supporters gathered Tuesday afternoon outside the Kansas Union to bring attention to the university’s “realignment” of campus centers focused on diversity.
Chloe Anderson/Lawrence Times
Community invited to ECM’s annual International Day of Peace Gala
The Lawrence community is invited to the International Day of Peace celebration at Ecumenical Campus Ministries, where a local individual and an organization will be recognized for their contributions to promoting peace and justice.
KU doctoral candidate earns award to study women’s resiliency in Tanzania
Alicia Houser, a KU doctoral candidate studying history, has received an award that will allow her to spend a year abroad researching how women have transformed the city of Moshi, Tanzania.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
KU architecture students celebrate new outdoor classroom, pavilion at Prairie Park Nature Center
Students in a KU architecture class on Saturday celebrated a new pavilion they designed at Prairie Park Nature Center using old road signs and other repurposed materials.
Esteemed poet Ocean Vuong to speak at Liberty Hall in downtown Lawrence
Ocean Vuong, renowned poet and author, will share about his life experiences and creative works during a free event at Liberty Hall in downtown Lawrence.
Are you ready for it? KU scholars will present Taylor Swift-themed speaker series
A 6-part event series will highlight KU faculty members exploring Taylor Swift’s music, lyrics, business strategy and more. It precedes a full-blown course on Swift that could launch at KU next fall.
Lawrence-based projects, including event centering Palestinian cultural dance, earn 2024 Rocket Grants
Three Lawrence-based artistic projects, including a Palestinian cultural dance organized in the community, have earned $6,000 of funding each through Rocket Grants.
KU combining centers focused on diversity into one ‘Student Engagement Center’
Three KU centers focused on diversity and equity are being combined with each other and another campus center to create the “Student Engagement Center,” effective immediately, the university announced Monday.
Lawrence Chabad House expands with brand-new facility serving Jewish students
Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel and his wife have run the KU Chabad Center since 2006. After being maxed out at a one-story house on 19th Street for years, their dreams of expansion are finally coming true.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Civic Engagement 101 series to resume at Lawrence library, starting with panel on misinformation
Accomplished local journalists will kick off the Civic Engagement 101 event series at the Lawrence Public Library with a panel Thursday on disinformation and trust in the news.
KU Chabad groundbreaking to celebrate new, expanded Jewish student center
The Chabad Center for Jewish Life at KU on Sunday will celebrate a huge milestone: a groundbreaking for a facility that will quadruple the center’s space.
